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| author | Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> | 2011-05-20 09:10:04 -0700 |
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| committer | Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> | 2011-05-20 09:10:04 -0700 |
| commit | 2f3e4af471e38e0658e701973238ae4b5e50fcd6 (patch) | |
| tree | fbfc99c0d975e38ff80f4ff3239a9fc0567b8a4d /Documentation/security/SELinux.txt | |
| parent | 61516587513c84ac26e68e3ab008dc6e965d0378 (diff) | |
| parent | d410fa4ef99112386de5f218dd7df7b4fca910b4 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'docs-security' into docs-move
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diff --git a/Documentation/security/SELinux.txt b/Documentation/security/SELinux.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..07eae00f3314 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/security/SELinux.txt @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +If you want to use SELinux, chances are you will want +to use the distro-provided policies, or install the +latest reference policy release from + http://oss.tresys.com/projects/refpolicy + +However, if you want to install a dummy policy for +testing, you can do using 'mdp' provided under +scripts/selinux. Note that this requires the selinux +userspace to be installed - in particular you will +need checkpolicy to compile a kernel, and setfiles and +fixfiles to label the filesystem. + + 1. Compile the kernel with selinux enabled. + 2. Type 'make' to compile mdp. + 3. Make sure that you are not running with + SELinux enabled and a real policy. If + you are, reboot with selinux disabled + before continuing. + 4. Run install_policy.sh: + cd scripts/selinux + sh install_policy.sh + +Step 4 will create a new dummy policy valid for your +kernel, with a single selinux user, role, and type. +It will compile the policy, will set your SELINUXTYPE to +dummy in /etc/selinux/config, install the compiled policy +as 'dummy', and relabel your filesystem. |